Album covers

What are the typical features of an album cover?

• Album name
• Band name
• Main image- generally of the band/artist
• Colour scheme that follows both back & front
• Institutional logos/name
  
• Track listings
• Bar codes
• Parental Advisory
• Price labels
• Top chart stickers
• No.1 notifications
• Names of all producers and people in the making
• Interlinking images on both front and back
  

How would you categorize album covers?

• Genre
• Release date
• Style
• Image type
• Audience
• Year of band
• Artist
• Band
• Number of albums
  

What are the purposes of album covers?

• Show genre
• Allow information of the track
• Promote the artist
• Word of mouth
• Create and identity for the band/artist
• Inform audience